--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Soft words for hard things: business a… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice of "dynamic pricing"? Exam question 3 of lesson 23 «Soft words for hard things: business and advertising and politics and government spin» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/23-fees-bugs-and-spin/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/) / [Soft words for hard things: business a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/23-fees-bugs-and-spin/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Soft words for hard things: business and advertising and p… Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice of "dynamic pricing"? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, practice · **To what, where:** practice, dynamic pricing This is exam question 3 of lesson 23 «Soft words for hard things: business and advertising and politics and government spin» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/23-fees-bugs-and-spin/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:23-fees-bugs-and-spin:e3:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice of "dynamic pricing"? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 practice practice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 dynamic dynamic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 pricing pricing NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the practice of dynamic pricing | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **practice** | | | dynamic pricing | | | | | nom practice «act transitive»: of=patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The elevation of prices at times of heightened demand ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:23-fees-bugs-and-spin:e3:o1:1 # text = The elevation of prices at times of heightened demand 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 elevation elevation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 prices price NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 heightened heighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 demand demand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **heighten** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **elevate** | | | prices | | | at times of heightened demand | | nom elevation «event transitive»: of=patient at=obl | ### Option 2 {#o2} The reduction of prices at fixed intervals ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:23-fees-bugs-and-spin:e3:o2:1 # text = The reduction of prices at fixed intervals 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 reduction reduction NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 prices price NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 intervals interval NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** | participle | | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **reduce** | | | prices | | fixed intervals | | | nom reduction «act transitive»: of=patient at=place | ### Option 3 {#o3} The publication of prices in vivid colours ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:23-fees-bugs-and-spin:e3:o3:1 # text = The publication of prices in vivid colours 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 publication publication NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 prices price NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 vivid vivid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **publish** | | | prices in vivid colours | | | | | nom publication «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The maintenance of identical prices throughout the year ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:23-fees-bugs-and-spin:e3:o4:1 # text = The maintenance of identical prices throughout the year 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 maintenance maintenance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 identical identical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 prices price NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **maintain** | | | identical prices | | | throughout the year | | nom maintenance «act transitive»: of=patient throughout=obl | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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